And it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
C. V. RAMANThis was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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I feel it is unnatural and immoral to try to teach science to children in a foreign language They will know facts, but they will miss the spirit.
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In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was.
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The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early work did not suffer extinction has been due entirely to the opportunities provided for me by the great city of Calcutta.
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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
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The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.
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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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